#30: Selena Francis

General Selena's P.O.V***

It was evening till I had completed my rounds around, It was strange that King Titan ordered the whole battalion to be ready and even asked for new recruits. It was strange. He refused to let me in on any more information. I had to get answers.. So, I decided I would from Duke Luan, the most amazing person I had ever seen.

I tried not to get carried away and went on searching for him, I finally found him walking towards the tower Of Luna, I tried calling out to him, many times, but he was too fast and went in the room. I figured it would be rude to bust in and discuss the state of military in front of Luna, So, I stopped.

I never meant to eavesdrop, but I could hear him crying, My heart hurt at the sound of him sniffling. But I couldn't say or do anything to console him, I just didn't know how or what would even console him, it is not like I could bring back Luna.. If I could I would have already..

I turned around about to leave the place and go back and wait for him, when I heard, that he had marked that vampire hostage. Anger and jealousy swelled up from within me. It was not at all my intention, I had hidden away all my feelings for Luan, and just looked at him as my superior but it was really hard. I knew it, deep down, that Luan just looks at me as a subordinate, a friend or a comrade at most, but never as a special existence. That thought hurt me well enough, I imagined him to be with someone he deserved, like the most beautiful wolf or the most elegant or something. Someone who is worthy.

But, Not that vampire hostage! Not from the very clan which we are enemies with! I did make an impulsive conclusion that the vampire might have seduced and made Luan mark her! There was no other fitting explanation. At least not for my hot headed mind.

I went on to have a spar with her, I did underestimate her. I expected her to be a stuck up princess, but turns out, she has had at least some training. I lost, but I know it happened because I was stressed. She is powerful, but I don't deem her worthy.

At a point of the fight, when she was continuously losing her breath, and panting, I felt compelled to train her, sort of like mentoring her and helping her. Something like that. I figured we both could be best buddies if only she was a werewolf too.

I might have agreed for her to be the wife of Luan, if only she was a werewolf. but along side of her being a rumored weapon of the entity named Ariel scares me a lot. After the fight, I had a sharp pain in my neck, Though her dagger didn't touch me, the sharp movement, caused a huge impact but small tear in my neck area. I tried to calm it down with my hands, but my armor came in the way.

I took it off and relaxed my muscles, tried to calm myself down to make the flow of blood slower. But it was really hard. I was filled with guilt and shameful of myself to have lost to a Vampire. No Vampire ever defeated me in such a way. I looked up to meet eyes with that Vampire, and I flinched.

Her blood red eyes were staring at me intently, The gaze was so powerful and threatening. I felt like an isolated prey in front of a vicious and hungry predator. I found myself trying to back up or even run away, but my foot refused to move. It was the first time I felt that intense fear.

Before I could get back my control, She lunged forward and bit my neck at the place of the cut, it hurt. It hurt more than any pain I could imagine, but it soon disappeared and I felt, what was like I was floating in clouds, my senses went calmer than ever.

I felt as though I was a feather floating effortlessly through the sky with wind taking me higher and higher. But the feeling slowly stopped, and I saw, her, Amber, looking at me, with her eyes apologetic and regretting.

I slowly took in what happened in my brain. I had just become a blood source for a Vampire, the clan I hated the most. But I had no sort of hatred or anger. But I was embarrassed that all the soldiers had witnessed this scene. I got up almost immediately to see even Luan staring at us questioningly.

I got up, but Amber started crying almost immediately, apologizing,

"Oh No... I am so Sorry!! Sorry!", She said as she cried.

"Uh.. It's okay.", I tried saying. I lost quite a little bit of blood, lesser than I had expected. It was not the first time I got bitten by a vampire, but there was something different about this time. And, I could recover the lost blood easily.

"Sorry...", She mumbled and fell down, I immediately caught her up in my arms.

"What ..exactly is happening here?", Luan asked, bewildered still unable to process anything.

"I wanted to check her strength. She is supposed to be accompanying you right?", I said.

"Oh.. but why?...", He mumbled something that I didn't understand. My mind was stuck with a single thought, she didn't drink enough blood. Considering the amount that she lost and what she drank from me, it was very less. She needed to drink more.

"Guards, clean up the arena.", I said as I proceeded to carry her to the infirmary. She was sleeping as I carried her and I made her lay down on a bed.

The doctor came running seeing my dress covered in blood. She even brought an iv to transfuse blood into me. But I explained, it was not me, but the Vampire who was suffering with loss of blood, Soon she reluctantly gave me some blood to help her.

Somehow, I felt a bit cool to be around Amber. I was comfortable in helping her. Something was wrong, was it cause she defeated me that I have respect her as a spar partner? I couldn't decide well enough. I put aside all my thoughts and focused on her.

"Mhm..", She said as we plugged an iv in her and blood flowed in. It was a matter of time till she opened her eyes, her, bright red had calmed to a softer shade. She apologized and I retired to my quarters.

I had a quick bath and laid down on my bed. It was weird evening, so many crazy moments. I just turned onto my side, pulled my blanket over my head, and slowly tears dripped down my nose bridge, falling and wetting the pillow. I was heart broken, no matter what, I still loved Luan. It is hard to just forget your love just cause they love someone else.

I cried and cried, silently, not to let out a single sound. My nose hurt from trying not to make a single sound. I hated today. It was unfair that God did this to me. Not like this, I never deserved this. I went through a tough childhood with rarely any time to relax, and now, this. Why? At least it would have been better if I had never fallen in love with him.

As soon as I said, I regretted, I can't ever blame Luan, Me being in love with him, made my bleak and crazy life cheerful and something to look forward to, Now, I had nothing. I would surely awkward around Luan, I got no friends.. nothing... I just have to complete my duty towards my clan now... I have to..